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The Palestinian Authority has decided to delay the start of Daylight-Saving Time (DST) in 2024 and 2025. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of the Palestinian Authority has conveyed this decision in an article dated January 30, 2024.
This moves the DST entry date further away from and the Eid ul Fitr holiday, which marks the end of Ramadan.
The Palestinian Authority also announced that the 2025 DST date will be delayed by one week.
The impact of this change is as follows:
- Clocks will be set forward 1 hour on Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM local time.
- Clocks will be set back 1 hour on Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 2:00 AM to 1:00 AM local time.
Microsoft is releasing the below Windows updates in support of this decision. This change is available in the March 2024 non-security preview update, released on March 26, 2024, for the newer versions of Windows 10 and 11. All other supported Windows versions will receive the update as part of the next monthly quality update scheduled for release on April 9, 2024.
All Windows updates containing this fix have the following release note text:
“This update includes changes to Palestine authority daylight saving time (DST).”
The KB article numbers that support this change are listed below:
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Product |
KB Article ID |
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Windows 11, version 22H2 |
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Windows 10, version 22H2; Windows 10, version 21H2 |
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Windows 11, version 21H2 |
To be updated on April 9, 2024 |
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Windows Server 2022 |
To be updated on April 9, 2024 |
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Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019; Windows Server 2019 |
To be updated on April 9, 2024 |
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Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2016; Windows Server 2016 |
To be updated on April 9, 2024 |
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Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB |
To be updated on April 9, 2024 |
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Windows Server 2012 |
To be updated on April 9, 2024 |
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Windows Server 2008 SP2 |
To be updated on April 9, 2024 |
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Windows 7.0 SP1 |
To be updated on April 9, 2024 |
Visit Interim guidance for DST changes announced by Palestinian Authority for 2024, 2025 for an earlier announcement of this change.
For Microsoft's official policy on DST and time zone changes, please see Daylight saving time help and support. For information on how to update Windows to use the latest global time zone rules, see How to configure daylight saving time for Microsoft Windows operating systems.